Rick Lee JamesHealthcare Chaplain, Bon Secours Mercy Health · Husband, Dad, Hospital Chaplain, Recording Artist, Podcast Host, Loyola University IPS Graduate, Alpha Sigma Nu Member, and Recording Academy (GRAMMY®) member - Contributing musician on a Grammy-nomin

Hymnals and the Health of the Church

27 Oct 2025 · 5 min

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The video presents a solo rendition of a Christian hymn that repeatedly declares “How marvelous, how wonderful is my Savior’s love.” The lyrics recount the Savior’s sacrificial journey—praying in the garden, shedding blood‑like sweat, bearing the speaker’s sins, and dying alone on Calvary. The singer emphasizes redemption, the promise of seeing Christ’s face in glory, and a lifelong commitment to sing of that love. The piece is a devotional expression of gratitude and reverence, intended for worship or personal reflection.

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condemned unclean. For me it was in the garden. He prayed, not my will but thine. He had no tears for his own griefs, but sweat drops of blood for mine. How marvelous, how wonderful, and my song shall never be. How marvelous, how wonderful is my Savior's love for me. He took my sins and my sorrows, he made them his very own. He bore the burden to Calvary and suffered and died alone. How marvelous, how wonderful, and my song shall never be. How marvelous, how wonderful is my Savior's love for me. When we come ransomed in glory, His face I at last shall see. 'Twill be my joy through the ages to sing of His love for me. How marvelous, how wonderful, and my song shall ever be. How marvelous, how wonderful is my Savior's love. Is my Savior's love. Is my Savior's love for me.